Hunted down for fun

Violence against stray dogs in the Kingdom has reached an all-time high with various reports coming in highlighting accounts of extreme cruelty.

Sources say the strays are subjected to extreme forms of cruelty while reports highlight the increasing number of attacks on strays in the past few months. According to animal rights activists, stray dogs are being tortured in various parts of the Island. Incidents of stoning, beating, and other forms of violence against animals have been reported in the past few weeks.

Founder of Bahrain Strays Fathiya Al Bastaki said that in a bid to torture animals a group of men even inserted one dog’s hind-leg into another dog’s rectum in Askar. “We were shocked to find out that the dogs were deliberately put into this position. “Although, we have seen many types of cruelty, this is the first time we are witnessing something of this kind. There is a horrible trend going on, I do not know why.”

“The lady and her husband who called me were shy to even say what they’ve seen. It is really hard for the dogs to be separated and now they are in pain.” Meanwhile, various accounts have emerged of people cutting dog tails as a sport. According to reports, both expatriates and locals have been involved in such activities. Ms Al Bastaki told Tribune that she received many reports of similar incidents where people either cut off the dogs tails or attempted to cut off the tails.